A 14-year-old boy was arrested Thursday night and accused of making a bomb threat against Harbor High School in Santa Cruz. The suspected threat-maker is a Harbor High student. Police found the boy at 6:45 p.m. while he was at home with his mother. "Nothing at the residence indicated the suspect had the equipment to carry out his threat," Lt. Bernie Escalante said Friday. The student was booked into Juvenile Hall on misdemeanor charges: possession of stolen property and making a false bomb threat.Thursday's incident began at noon, when 911 dispatchers received a call regarding a bomb on Harbor High School's campus.The Santa Cruz Police Department immediately responded. School staff decided it was in the best interest of the safety of the students and faculty that the campus be evacuated. Police supported that decision and assisted with evacuations.Parents were contacted and asked to pick up their kids at the football field. No suspicious devices were found on campus, Escalante said.During the investigation, a witness came forward and reported seeing a student make the 911 call before throwing the phone into a garbage can, Escalante said.The cellphone used to make the call had been stolen from a fellow student earlier in the day. Police found the cellphone in a garbage can where the witness told them it was tossed.Escalante said, "The Santa Cruz Police Department, the Harbor High Staff, and the Santa Cruz City School District would like to commend the witness (a fellow student) who came forward and did the right thing, by providing law enforcement with the necessary information to solve this case." Recent Central Coast school threats:North Monterey County High School - A threat of a shooting was emailed to the school on Feb. 6 and Feb. 5. Students were evacuated two days in the row. No arrests were made.Santa Cruz High School - The principal received an encrypted email on Nov. 18, 2014 detailing a planned shooting on campus. In response, the school remained closed the following day. An FBI cybercrime team attempted to trace the email back to its sender, but so far no suspects have been identified.

SANTA CRUZ, Calif. —

A 14-year-old boy was arrested Thursday night and accused of making a bomb threat against Harbor High School in Santa Cruz.

The suspected threat-maker is a Harbor High student. Police found the boy at 6:45 p.m. while he was at home with his mother.

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"Nothing at the residence indicated the suspect had the equipment to carry out his threat," Lt. Bernie Escalante said Friday.

The student was booked into Juvenile Hall on misdemeanor charges: possession of stolen property and making a false bomb threat.

Thursday's incident began at noon, when 911 dispatchers received a call regarding a bomb on Harbor High School's campus.

The Santa Cruz Police Department immediately responded. School staff decided it was in the best interest of the safety of the students and faculty that the campus be evacuated. Police supported that decision and assisted with evacuations.

Parents were contacted and asked to pick up their kids at the football field. No suspicious devices were found on campus, Escalante said.

During the investigation, a witness came forward and reported seeing a student make the 911 call before throwing the phone into a garbage can, Escalante said.

The cellphone used to make the call had been stolen from a fellow student earlier in the day. Police found the cellphone in a garbage can where the witness told them it was tossed.

Escalante said, "The Santa Cruz Police Department, the Harbor High Staff, and the Santa Cruz City School District would like to commend the witness (a fellow student) who came forward and did the right thing, by providing law enforcement with the necessary information to solve this case."

Recent Central Coast school threats:

North Monterey County High School - A threat of a shooting was emailed to the school on Feb. 6 and Feb. 5. Students were evacuated two days in the row. No arrests were made.

Santa Cruz High School - The principal received an encrypted email on Nov. 18, 2014 detailing a planned shooting on campus. In response, the school remained closed the following day. An FBI cybercrime team attempted to trace the email back to its sender, but so far no suspects have been identified.